Okavango Research Institute (ORI)

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HOORC, now ORI, is a centre for the study and conservation of one of the world's largest and most intact wetland ecosystem -the Okavango Delta- as well as other wetlands, riverbasins and watersheds in southern Africa. Situated near Maun, Botswana's northwestern Ngamiland capital on the fringe of the Okavango, it specialises in natural resource management research, with a primary focus on influencing policy makers on the region's most pressing environmental issues. Visit the website at http://www.orc.ub.bw/

Flood recession farming locally known as molapo farming in the Okavango Delta is practiced along the edges of the river channels or seasonally flooded depressions on its fringes. It relies on residual moisture and natural ...

Stand structure, diversity and regeneration status of woody species were investigated in open and exclosed dry woodland sites in Island Safari, Shorobe and Xobe, northeastern Botswana. A total of 105, 111 and 130 quadrats, ...

Fishing is one of the key livelihood activities in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Subsistence fishers,
commercial fishers and tourist lodge operators derive material and non-material benefits from fishery. However open ...

Wetland hydroperiod consists of different components, including frequency, duration and depth. A significant proportion of the seasonally flood-pulsed Okavango Delta is inundated for part of each year. Variation in ...